Re: ia64 port needs help in order to be saved

On 04.08.20 10:53, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On 8/2/20 8:05 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>> Unfortunately, this blade has the same architecture as the RX2800 and won't
>> properly boot due to this bug in the DMA code [1] for which there is no fix
>> yet, see also [2].
>>
>> I spend a lot of time getting Anatoly's new blade installed yesterday but
>> eventually gave up. While I was able to install Debian Squeeze (Wheezy
>> wouldn't work either, kernel just reboots akin to the ia64 gcc bug), the
>> installed system won't boot as the hpsa driver wouldn't load.
>
> Finally got it working with the 4.14.83 kernel plus the Gentoo ptrace patch:
>
> Linux lenz 4.14.83-00001-g6ef2496425e7 #1 SMP Sun Aug 2 19:31:30 CEST 2020 ia64
>
> The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
> the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
> individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
>
> Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
> permitted by applicable law.
> root@lenz:~# uname -a
> Linux lenz 4.14.83-00001-g6ef2496425e7 #1 SMP Sun Aug 2 19:31:30 CEST 2020 ia64 GNU/Linux
> root@lenz:~#
>
> The machine is running Squeeze now. I will install unstable using debootstrap
> on the second disk later today and then the buildd is finally up and running
> again.

Great work and great news! So do you also have enabled CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32
for the used kernel in addition or just the Gentoo ptrace patch?

Cheers,
Frank